Just Say the Word, Oil be There for You

No doubt you've seen pictures of Darth Cheney emerging yesterday from a plane at Baghdad airport with his shiny new flak jacket. What could possibly have led him to leave his secret lair? Has his conscience finally gotten to him for being the impetus behind a campaign of deceit to start a war based on lies? Has the body count approaching 4,000 US soldiers, not to mention the tens of thousands of Iraqi deaths, finally pushed him to do something to reverse the horrors his inhuman policies have caused? Hmmm, I don't think so. What could possibly lead an administration led by two oilmen to send the vice-president off to Iraq? Let's see what Darth himself had to say....Cheney’s unannounced visit to Iraq, part of a Middle East tour, signals growing US impatience at Iraq’s slowness in passing laws on oil distribution. Surprised? I'm not.

Lordy, I DON'T Believe!

How can anyone belong to a political party that is so co-opted by the ultra-extreme right wing Christianists that 3 out of 10 of their PRESIDENTIAL candidates are willing to stand up in a public forum and announce that they don't believe in evolution?????!!!!! These are college educated men (well, of course it's only men, this is the republican party after all!) who have been exposed to the outside world and have held positions of responsibility in our government. How appropriate that they were standing in the "library" of that deep thinker, Ronald Reagan!